About Us
Mycelial Fruits was inspired by the love for fungi of owner and head laboratory technician Jason Van.
Jason has lived in the Blue Ridge mountain area of North Carolina for over 15 years. He did most of his university studies of fungi in this bioregion which is only rivaled by the temperate rainforests of the northwest in its diversity of fungi. Years of studying through academia and forays in the woods and natural desire to harness these organisms prompted the evolution of the spawn laboratory
Starting as a hobby and a homemade laminar flow hood to what is now a state of the art cleanroom designed for creating pure strain spawn.
The obvious need for a local mushroom product in the southeastern United States and the desire to help the small farmer sustain a living gave way to the business model that is being employed with Mycelial Fruits, LLC. It is one that puts family and community in every aspect of the community. Like the mycelium of fungi, Mycelial Fruits hopes to be a connective tissue between individuals of the local community.
Welcome Teachers.
Our company strives to connect with the community though education. We welcome ideas for aiding a creative classroom environment. Grow kits can be provided with lesson plan ideas for a discounted price for educators in both public and home schooling. Not only can we provide grow kits, but also equipment for the laboratory exploration of fungi. Please email us for further information.Welcome Farmers.
One of our foremost goals here at Mycelial Fruits is to work with local farms. Fungi are an up and coming addition to the open air farmers market. It serves as a great financial subsidy to vegetable farming along with adding much needed diversity to the farm. Contact us for more info on consultations and wholesale pricing.Spawn, Fruit Logs, Kits
Mycelial Fruits, LLC. Is committed to providing quality mushroom spawn and fruits to the recreational grower to the entrepreneurial farmer. Our spawn facilities are located in the Western Mountain region of North Carolina. We are a family based business with the intentions of providing a local source of quality spawn at fair prices. We have over 15 tested commercial strains in our library for a number of uses. We look at fungi as a source of exploration into many different areas including food, medicine, art, business and especially education. We can provide growing kits to individuals or consult a larger operational intended on providing diversity to a farm.
Spawn
Spawn comes in a variety of different forms depending on the species and the request.
We provide spawn for a number of different species. If there is a species not listed it may and probably is available at request. Some of the species in stock include but are not limited to:
Product Showcase
- Petri dishes
- Agar
- Filtered spawn bags
- Scalpels
- And more
- Nutrient agar petri dishes
- Sterilized grain
- Sterilized supplemented sawdust
- Pasteurized straw and compost
Fruiting Kits
Most of our species are available in easy ready-to-fruit blocks with instructions.
Inoculated Mushroom Logs
Sustainably harvested hardwood logs inoculated with wood-loving species are available at certain times of the year. The logs are harvested in the winter and inoculated in early spring.
Laboratory Equipment
We stock most all the disposable necessities including:
We refurbish used lab equipment. We can supply you with brand new laboratory equipment. We also supply refurbish used equipment for the smaller budget. Hardware such as air filters can run thousands of dollars and prices can be cut in half!
Sterilized and Pasteurized Substrates
We produce sterilized substrates including: